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 Mum Bug has a red bag.
The bag has a zip.
Talk together )
Ask the child to
• Point to the letters in the box on the back cover and say the sound (not
letter name) that each letter usually makes in words (e.g. m as in mum).
Tell the child each letter sound if necessary.
• Look out for these letters in the story and try to remember the sound
they make.

Read the story J

Remember, children learn best when reading is relaxed and enjoyable so give
lots of praise.
• Encourage the child to point at the words and try to read any words
he/she doesn't recognise by saying the individual sounds separately (e.g.
M-u- m), then running the sounds together quickly. If the child finds it
difficult to say the sounds, say the sounds for them first and then see if
they can hear the word.
• Explain that it is important when running the sounds in a word together
to check to see if it sounds like a real word as some words are less regular.
Read the words the, her, of, hole to the child and point out the letters
that make the usual sound in each word (e.g. the h in her). This will help
the child to remember these words.

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Ask the child

o What fell out of Mum's bag? (a pen, a fan, a bun, a pot of jam)
o How did Mum solve the problem? (She got a new big bag.)

[ Check phonics (letter-pattern sounds) j

Ask the child to
o Find the words in the book which end with the sound n. (can, pen, fan, bun)
o Point to the middle letter of bun. Ask: What sound does this letter make?
o Find some more words with the sound u in the middle. (Mum, bug, Yuk)
o Think of other words which have the sound u in the middle (e.g. hum, hug,
rug, run).
© Look in the book and find words with the sound e in the middle, (red, pen,
get, wet)

Example phonic words: Mum Bug has red bag zip can fit pen in and fan
bun pot jam get wet Yuk gets big
High frequency tricky words - These words are common but children may find
them hard to read at this stage: a her hole of the

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 Mum Bug's Bag
Story by Julia Donaldson o Pictures by Deborah Allwright /.-■

Series editor Clare Kirtley

Mum Bug can fit a

lot in her bag.

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